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Sep 25, 2011 at 12:01 AMSep 25, 2011 at 8:46 AM

Lenawee County cross country teams shined at Saturday’s Pittsford Invitational.

The Madison High School boys cross country team had a pair of teams finish second overall in their classes to lead the way. The Trojans placed second in both the freshman and junior boys races. The Sand Creek girls finished second overall in the girls race.

Lenawee County cross country teams shined at Saturday’s Pittsford Invitational.

The Madison High School boys cross country team had a pair of teams finish second overall in their classes to lead the way. The Trojans placed second in both the freshman and junior boys races. The Sand Creek girls finished second overall in the girls race.

Dave Gilbert clocked a 18:50 and Chris Kangas timed in at 19:07 to lead the Madison freshman with fifth- and sixth-place finishes. Jason McGinnis also placed for the freshman finishing 16th in 21:17.

Jacob Warwick led the Trojan juniors with a ninth­place finish in 18:50. Justin Webster (19:35) and Casey Coronado (19:51) were 16th and 20th, respectively.

Nick Klemm was the only other boy to place for Madison as he finished 27th in the sophomore race with a time of 21:13.

The Sand Creek boys were 14th at the event. Sand Creek’s top freshman was Matt Thomas, who clocked a 21:04 for 23rd place, while Drew Willett (19:44) and Ethan Perry (20:46) were 15th and 26th in the sophomore race. Ryan Knox was the only junior for the Aggies and clocked a 20:20 for 27th place. Matt Marine (18:50) and Ryan Bush (18:52) were 17th and 21st, respectively, for the Aggies.

Stephan Biggs clocked a 16:50 to lead Addison, finishing second in the senior race. Ross Reed finished in 22:24 in the same race while Mason Groenhout was fourth in the sophomore race in 18:18. Seth Biggs clocked a 20:36 in the freshman race with Kyle Beyer finishing in 21:14 in the sophomore race.

Lauren Carlton (25:06) and Sara Burdine (25:13) led the Sand Creek girls freshmen with 17th and 18th place finishes, respectively, while Elizabeth Masters (25:26) was 34th in the sophomore race. Natalie Perry finished seventh for the Aggie juniors in a time of 22:54 and Taylor Iffland was 29th in 27:23. Erica Oram (22:11) was fifth for the seniors, and Hallie Roof was 10th (23:30) to lead Sand Creek.

The Madison girls were led Alycia Drwencke’s ninth­place finish in 23:29 in the junior race, while Abby Carpenter was 13th in 24:16 to pace the seniors. Ashley Standlick led the Trojan sophomores with a 22nd-place finish in 25:12, while Stevie Rosales was 28th in 25:22. Sydney Hamilton also placed in the girls meet for Madison with a 44th-place finish in 28:53 of the sophomore meet, while Elizabeth Cabrera (26:03) and Heather Dewey (28:56) also placed for the Trojans.

Hannah Poling was Addison’s top female finisher, clocking a 21:38 in the sophomore race. Alysa Rokita finished in 22:43 in the freshman race, Julie VanGruenigen clocked a 23:58 in the junior race, and Emily Christensen finished in 25:55 in the freshman race.

Blissfield at Oregon Cardinal Stritch Invitational: At Maumee Bay State Park, the Royals finished second in the girls race with 83 points just behind Elmwood (Ohio), who won the event with 77.

Abbey Zubke, Meaghan Gunner and Brianna Yates all finished in the top 10 for Blissfield. Zubke (21:40) was fifth, Gunner (21:44) was sev­enth and Yates (21:46) was eighth. Jessica Riley (23:08) and Katherine Fowler (24:15) were 28th and 46th, respectively.

Blissfield did not register a team score in the boys race, but David Dheel was 29th in 18:10 and John Riley was 68th in 20:05.

Adrian, Tecumseh at Monroe Jefferson Invitational: The Maple boys placed third out of 11 teams at the event with 111 points. The Tecumseh boys finished seventh with 173 points.

Gabe Gaspar was 10th to lead Adrian with a time of 18:10, while Josh Steele clocked an 18:27 good for 16th. Collin Kemner was 19th in 18:48, and Connor Kemner was 20th in 18:49.

The Maples placed ninth in the girls race led by Hannah Engle’s 36th-place finish in 23:03. Holly Perez (23:13) was 39th, while Marissa Vargas (23:58) and Lexi Janego (24:00) were 46th and 47th, respectively, for Adrian.

The Tecumseh girls placed sixth of 10 schools with 149 points. Jessica Tebbetts was ninth overall and first of all freshman in the Division 2 race with her time of 21:50 to lead Tecumseh. Katie Kasper was 25th in 22:57, Erin Landstrom 28th in 23:02, Karlie Wright 42nd in 23:44 and Kendra Randolph 45th in 23:53.

Onsted at Jackson Invitational: The Onsted boys finished ninth of 14 Division 2 teams in the Jackson Invitational at Ella Sharp Park. The Wildcats scored 227 points with Otsego taking the team title with 80 points.

Brian Filter finished 14th in the meet, leading Onsted with his time of 17:19. Anthony Frank was 43rd in 18:14, Zach Wobrock 55th in 18:28, Ryan Gentner 62nd in 18:38 and Matt Sweet 66th in 18:47.

The Onsted girls had a rough day, finishing 16th of 18 teams in Division 2, scoring 362 points. East Leading the pack for Onsted were Heidi Wobrock in 31st in 20:39.9 followed by Sydney Myers 58th in 21:25, Autumn Love 71st in 21:52, Olivia Wiese 98th in 22;57 and Alicia Price 104th in 23:16.

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